The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-11-09
FREE GRACE.
DIR. TALMAGE'S SUN NDAY SERMON.
How We Mag Become Rich Through
: the Poverty of Christ.

StI IlEnG lllShG Lut lSStN SI1S SAisSSA
are inhabitantless is an absurdity. Philoso-
pliers tell us that many Of these worlds are
too hot or too cold, or of too rarehed atmo
sphere for residence. But, if not fit for
human abode, they may be fit for beings dlf,
ferent from and superior to ourselves. we
are told that the world Of Jupiter is changing
until it is almost fit for creatures like the
human race, end that Mars would do for the
human family with little change in the
structure of the respiratory organs But that
there is 8 great world swung somewhere, vast
beyond imagination, and that it is the head:
quarters of the universe and the metropolis OF
immensity, and has a population in numbers
vast beyond all statistics, and appointments
of splendor beyond the capacity OF canvas or
poem, or angel to describe, is as certain as
the Bible is authentic. PERHAPS some OF the
astronomers with their big telescopes have
already caught glimpse of it, not knowing
what it is. We spell it with six letters and
pronounce it heaven.
That IS where Prince Jesus lived nineteen
centuries ago. He was the Kings son. 1t was
tho old homestead Of eternity, and all its
castles were as old as God. Not frost had
ever chilled the air. Not a tear had ever
rolled down the cheek of one of its inhab-
itants There had never been in it a head
ache, or sideache or a heartache. There
had not been a funeral in the memory Of the
Oldest inhabitant. There had never in all the
land been woven black veil, for there had
never heen anything to mourn over. The
passage Of millions OF years had not wrlnkled
or crippled or bedimmed any OF its citizens.
Al the people there were in state Of eternal
adolescence. What floral and pononlc bright
ness! Gardens of perpetual bloom and
orchards in unending fr,litage. Had some
spirit from another world entered and asked:
What is sin? what is bereavement? what is
sorrows what is death. the brightest of the
intelhgenceS would have failed 20 give detinl-
ton, though to study the question there We're
Prince of whom speak had honors, emolu-
ments, acclamations, such as no other
Prince, celestial or terrestrial, ever
enjoyed As he passed the street, the
Inhabitants took of from their orowS gar
lands Of white lilies and threw them in the
way. He never entered any of the temples
without all the worshipers rising up and bow
ing in obeisance. In all the professions OF
the high days he was the one VINO evoked the
loudest welcome. Sometimes on foot, walk
ing in loving talk with the hunblest Of the
Land, but at other times he took chariot, and
among the 10000 that David spoke Of his
was the swiftest and most flaming; or, as
when John described him, he took white pal
frey with what prance of foot, and arch Of
neck, and roll of name, and gleam OF eye is
only dinlly suggested in the Apocalypse. He
father to die and then take the throne.
When a few years ago an artist in Germany
made a picture for the Royal gallery repre-
Senting Emperor William on the throne, and
the Crown Prince as having one foot on the
step of the throne, Emperor William ordered
the picture changed, and said: LET the
Prince keep his foot of the throne till I
leave it..
A]ready enthroned was the heavenly
Prince, side by side with the Father. What
circle Of dominion! What myrmidonS Of ad-
mirers! What unend!ng round Of glories!
AL the towers chimed the Princes praises
OF all the inhabitants, from the center OF the
city, on over the hills and clear down to tie
beach, against which the ocean OF immensity
rolls its pillows, the Prince was the acsnowl-
edged favorite. No wonder my text says
that ''he was rich" Set all the diamonds of
the earth in one Scepter, build al the palaces
Of the earth in one Alhambra. gather all the
pearls Of the sea in one d!adeul, put all the
values Of the earth in one coin; the aggregate
would not express his afiuence. Yes, Paul
woe right. Solomon had in gold e6So, ,oCo, ,Goo
and in silver e., OK, ,o1o, ,377 sterling. But q
greater than Solomon is here. Not the mill
ionaire, but the ouadrillionaire Of heaven. To
describe his celestial surroundings the Bible
uses all co]ors, gathering them in rainbow
over the throne and setting them as agate in
the temple window, and hosting twelve Of
base to transparent amethyst in the capstone,
while between are green of emerald, and
Stow of pearl and blue of sapphire, and yellow
of topaz, gray of chrysopraSuS and flame Of
jacinth. All the lovelness of landscape in
foliage, and river, and rill, and ali enchant-
ment aquamarine, the sea Of glass mingled
with fire as when the sun sinks in the Medi-
terTanean. All the thrill of music, inStru
mental and vocal, harps. trumpets doxo-
logies. There stood the Prince, surrounded
by those who had under their wings the
velocity Of millions of miles in second, rich
In love, rich in alteration, rich in power, rich
IN worship, rich in holiness, rich as God.
But ono day there was big disaster in
department Of Gods universe. a race fallen.
A world in. ruins: Our planet the scene Of
catastrophe! A globe swinging out into dark
ness, with mountains and seas and islands,
an awful centrifugal of sin seeming to over
power the beautiful centripetal of righteous
ness, and from it a groan reached heaven.
Srch a sound had never been heard there.
Plenty of sweet sounds, but never an outcry
OF distress or an echo Of agony. At that one
groan the Prince rose from ali the bEssfrl
e1cumjacence and started for the outer gate
and descended into the night of this world.
Out Of what a bright harbor into what rough
sea-! "Stay with US" cried angel after angel
and potenate after potenate. No" said
the Prince, Il cannot stay; must be
OH 1OI InSO WTSCh OI q "OrIQ.
must stop that groan. I must hush that
redeem those nations. Farewell, thrones and
temples. companions cherubic, seraphic, arch
angelica Excuse this absence, for ! will
come back again, carrying on my shoulder
ransomed world. Till this is done l choose
earthly scoff to heavenly acclamation, and
cattle pen to Kings palace, frgid zone of
earth to atmosphere Of celestial radiance. l
have no time to lose, for hark ye the groan
that grows mightier while wait. Farewell!
farewell!'
eye know the grace Of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your
sakes He became poor"
Was there ever contrast so overpowerlpg
as that between the monday of ChriStS
celestial departure and the midnight of his
earthly arrival? Sure enough, the angels
were out that night IN the sky, and q special
other worlds, and not from this world The
earth made no demonstration Of welcome If
one Of the great Princes of the world steps
out at q depot cheers resound, and the bands
play. and the flags wave. But for the arrival
Of this missionary Prince Of the skies not
torch dared, not a trumpet blew, not plume
futtered All the music and the pomp were
overhead Our world opened for him nothing
better than a barn door. The Rajah Of
carved gold and canopy that cost S750, 900,
but the world had for the Prince Of Heaven
and Earth only litter Of straw. The crown
jewels in the Tower Of London amount to
1000, 900. but this member of eter nal
royalty had not where to lay his head. To
know how poor he was ask the camel drivers,
ask the shepherds, ask Mary, ask the three
wise men Of the East who afterward
came there, young Caspar and middle aged
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